Field Guide to Tracking Animals in Snow

by Louise R. Forrest, Denise Casey

Overview

Focuses on the animal's track pattern, making windblown and obscured tracks identifiable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811722407
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	08/01/1988
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.53(w) x 8.15(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

	Key to Mammal Track Patterns in Snow
	Acknowledgments	11
	Introduction	13
	About Snow	14
	How to Use This Book	16
	Steps to Track Identification	17
	How to Use the Track Pattern Key	28
	Direction of Travel	29
	Preserving Tracks	30
	Opossum Family: Didelphidae	33
	Opossum	36
	Shrew Family: Soricidae	39
	Shrews	42
	Rabbit Order: Lagomorpha	45
	Pikas	48
	Pygmy Rabbits	50
	Cottontail Rabbits	52
	Snowshoe Hare	54
	Jackrabbits and Other Hares	56
	Rodent Order: Rodentia	59
	Mountain Beaver	62
	Chipmunks	64
	Marmots	66
	Ground Squirrels	68
	Prairie Dogs	70
	Large Tree Squirrels	72
	Small Tree Squirrels	74
	Kangaroo Rats	76
	Beaver	78
	Mice	80
	Woodrats	82
	Voles and Lemmings	84
	Muskrat	86
	Rats	88
	Porcupine	90
	Carnivore Order: Carnivora	93
	Coyote	98
	Gray Wolf	100
	Large-footed Foxes	102
	Small-footed Foxes	104
	Black Bear	106
	Grizzly Bear	108
	Polar Bear	110
	Ringtail	112
	Raccoon	114
	American Marten	116
	Fisher	118
	Short-tailed Weasel	120
	Least Weasel	122
	Long-tailed Weasel	124
	Black-footed Ferret	126
	Mink	128
	Wolverine	130
	Badger	132
	Spotted Skunks	134
	Striped Skunk	136
	River Otter	138
	Mountain Lion	140
	Lynx	142
	Bobcat	144
	Even-toed Ungulates: Artiodactyla	147
	Elk	150
	Deer	152
	Moose	154
	Caribou	156
	Pronghorn	158
	Bison	160
	Mountain Goat	162
	Muskox	164
	Mountain Sheep	166
	Some Other Track Makers	168
	Domestic Animals	169
	Birds	170
	Glossary	173
	References	179
	Index	182
	Photo Section	185